Lubricating device.



G. W. .l. CRABBr LUBI-HCATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.1.1s17.

Patented Apr. 9,1918.

Z O M s d w W F n C 8 w B 1 08 f. P Du G GEORGE W. J. CRAZBB, OF NEWARK,NEW JERSEY.

LUBRICATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed August 1, 1917. Serial No. 183,824.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. J. CRABB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Lubricating Devices, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lubricating devices designedespecially for use in lubricating car wheels and the flanges thereof.The object of my invention is to provide a device which may becontrolled by the operator of the car or train to the wheels of which mydevice is attached, and which may thus be used to lubricate the wheelflanges when the car or train is moving on curves, thus preventing noiseand wear. Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear morefully hereinafter.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the drawingsaccompanying and forming a part of this specification. Referring to thedrawings,

Figure 1 is a side view of my lubricating device;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the lubricant tank;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section view of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Figs. d and 5 are views of my device as it appears when attached to thecar, the wheels of which are to be lubricated, Fig. 5 being a view fromabove and Fig. 5 a side view.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My device comprises a frame 1, and a tank 2, the latter being mounted ontwo rods 3 slidably mounted in the frame 1. These rods pass through thecores of two electromagnets 5, which are placed between the verticalmembers 6 and 7 of the frame 1. An armature 4 is mounted on the ends ofthe rods 3 and is adapted to be drawn in b the magnets 5 and thus toforce the tan: outwardly when the magnets are energized. The rods andtank are held in normal position by the pressure of the springs 8, whichbear at one end against the vertical member 9 of the frame 1, and attheir other end.

against the collars 10, rigidly fastened to the rods Soby means ofset-screws or otherwise. These collars 10 normally rest against themember 6 of the frame. The tank 2 is designed to hold a lubricant 11 ofany approved kind, into which two wicks 12 extend. The wicks pass out ofthe tank through two guides or tubes 13, which are so bent, at theirouter extremities, as to approach one another. The wicks are adjusted toproject slightly beyond the outer ends of the tubes, and means 11 may beprovided to facilitate such adjustment.

The whole device, 18, as above described, is then attached to the truckor other part of the car so that the ends of the wicks will be adjacentto the flange of the wheel to be lubricated, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5;that is to say, the outer ends of the wicks 12 will be disposed one oneach side of the flange 15 of the wheel 16.

One of my improved lubricating devices is preferably located at eachwheel of the car or train and leads are carried from each to a commonswitch or puslrbutton located adjacent the engineer or motorman, so thathe can, on approaching or going around a curve, energize the magnets andthus cause all of the flanges to be lubricated. The lubricant willcontinue to be applied so long as the switch or push-button is held inclosed position. When opened, the magnets are deenergized and thesprings 8 restore the device to an inoperative position.

While I have described only the preferred embodiment of my improveddevice, I am aware that various modifications in detail and in thearrangement and combination of the parts may be made by those skilled inthe art without departure from my invention, and I desire protection forall such modifications as come within the scope of my claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A car-wheellubricating device comprising in combination a lubricant reservoirmounted on the car and movable in a plane erpendicular to the axis ofrotation of the wheel to be lubricated, and means associated with saidreservoir for applying lubricant to the wheel flange.

2. A car-wheel lubricating device comprising in combination alubricating member supported by the car and arranged to move in a planeat right angles to the axis of revolution of the wheel to be lubricated,and means whereby said lubricatin member may be thrown into contact withthe flange of the wheel.

3. A car-Wheel lubricating device comprising in combination a lubricantreservoir, a pair of Wicks associated with said reservoir, and operatorcontrolled means Whereby said Wicks may be thrown against the Wheelflange to be lubricated, one against each "side thereof.

a. A car-Wheel lubricating device comprising in combination a lubricantreservoir mounted to move in a plane perpendicular to the axis ofrotation of the Wheel to be lubricated, a pair of Wicks supported fromsaid reservoir, and means whereby said reservoir may be moved to throwsaid Wicks against the flange ofthe Wheel, said Wicks being arranged tocontact with both sides of the flange.

5. A car-Wheel lubricating device comprising in combination a reservoir,movable rods on Which said reservoir is supported, coils through Whichsaid rods extend, and a bar armature connecting the ends of said rods.

GEORGE W. J. CRABB.

Games .01 this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

ion in Letters Patent No. 1,262,022.

Correct It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,262,022,granted April 9, 1918, upon the application of George W. J. Crabb, ofNewark, New Jersey, for an improvement in Lubricating Devices, an errorappears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows:Page 2, line 4, claim 3, strike out the words operator controlled; andthat the said Letters Patent should be read With this correction thereinthat the same may conform to the record of the case in the PatentOffice.

Signed and sealed this 11th day of June, A. D., 1918.

F. W. H. CLAY,

[SEAL] I Acting Commissioner of Patents.

